Trousers-stretcher



' (No Model.)

H. C. GREEN. TROUSERS STRBTGHER.

1%. 548,049. Patented 001:. 15 1895.

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HENRY O. GREEN, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

TROUSERS-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,049, dated October15, 1895.

Application filed March 25 1 8 9 5- To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. GREEN, of Louisville, in the county ofJefierson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Trousers-Stretchers, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is a trousers-stretcher and includes a pair of strips keptapart under the tension of a spring, the force of this spring beingincreased or diminished by the operator.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the device ready for insertion inthe leg of the trousers. Fig. 2 is a view'of the parts detached.

In the figures two strips are shown at A A as having mortised recesses DD, adapted to receive the bent portions 0 of a spring B, which is bentsymmetrically on each side. These bent extensions are connected byinwardly-bowed portions, and the central bent points on each side areconnected by V-shaped Serial No. 543,168- (No model.)

end pieces. The bends C are inserted in the recesses D, as shown in Fig.1, and the bowed portions are connected by a hook E, thus confining theparts of the spring and bringing the strips A together. In this positionthe stretcher is inserted in the leg of the trousers and the hookdetached, which releases the spring, and the tension is placed upon thetrousers.

What I claim is A trousers stretcher comprising a pair of strips and aninterposed spring having bends C, 0, adapted to fit recesses in thestrips, bowed parts between the bends and a confining hook,substantially as described.

HENRY O. GREEN.

Witnesses:

O. M. FOXLINE, ERNEST SNYDER.

